Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
A CONSERVATIVE SPLIT.
THE GOVERNMENTS SITUATION
GROWING ACUTE.

Legislation In the Direction of Land
Purchase Only Advocated by Those
Who Appreciate the Seriousness of the
Dangera-The Gladstonisns and Par
nsiIites to Use Gen. II BuIler's Utterances
az Party Capital.
LONDON, March 11.-Serious differ.
ences on the Irish question have arisen
among the Conservatives. Pressure has
been put upon the government not to In
troduce new land bill, but to legislate
in the direction OF land purchase only.
Gen. Butler declares that the version OF
his evidence before the Land Commits
sioner, published yesterday, was untrue.
He denies that he made any statement
about coercion. The subject, he says,
was not even indirectly alluded to while
he was before the commission. A scru4
tiny of the official report Issued to-days
shows that the mistake aroso from thf
blending OF a passage In Commissioner
knipe's report condemning further coer4
Give legislation with part of Gen. Bullel's
evidence.
PARNELLITES BLAMED.
The Conservatives assert that the Par.
nellites purposely diffused the error
throughout the country to confuse public
opinion upon Gen. Buffers genuine evis
dence.
The Pail Mall Gazette denies that yes<
terday's statement was garbled version.
The discrepancy, 1t says. was mere
misprint. 1t is authentic that Gen. Butler
said that In certain localities in Kerry
Clare and Cork an organized stand was
being made against the payment OF exist
ing rents, but that rents were generally
fairly well paid. A majority of the ten-
ants, he said, were anxious to pay, but
wanted a reasonable allowance, while a
great many others who did not require
any allowance would pay II they dared.
INTIMIDATION RAMPANT.
He feared intimidation was rampant I'M
the country. The people, he said, had
sympathy with the National League, be-
cause they thought 1t was their salvation.
The bulk OF the tenants had told him that
the reducing OF rents and the staying of
evictions were directly due t0 the opera
tions OF the league. They believed that
nobody did anything Tor tenants until tne
league was established. He said it. was
no longer possible to enforce legal obIIga-
tions in that part of the country.
Question-That hardly looks as If the
law was all for the richs
Gen. Buller-Law? There isn't much
law there. A short time ago what law
there was was really on the side of the
rich.
THE ACT or 1881 A FAILURE.
Gen. Butler further said that the act
OF 1881, which was intended to remedy
this state of affairs, had been q failure.
He was not prepared to say whether the
failure was due to the opposition Of the
league or to tall Ia prices.
The ParnelItes and GladstonIans rely
upon Gen. Buffers evidence to support
their demand tor the stoppage of evic-
tions and the early production of land
legislation. The government was pre-
pared tonight to carry out the plan for
continuous sitting OF the House of Com
mons until the first rule of procedure
should be settled. The speaker being
privately informed or this fact, declared
that he was unable at present to assiss
in the stoppage OF the Debate, and the
government was accordingly obliged to
abandon its plan. .
THE LOYALIST CAMPAIGN.
DUBLIN, March 11.--Lord CaIedon, In a
speech at an Orange demonstration at
Benburb, county Tyrone, to-day SAID that
the Orangemen also had their plan of
campaign. Without counting the Loyal-
lists OF the south, there were SO, 900 reso-
lutte fighting men who would never owe
allegiance TO any flag but the Union Jack.